T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] Desiderata

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Re: [Electric Boats] Desiderata

Hello Stuart,

Somewhere, on Yachtworld or similar, there is a Nonsuch sailboat for sale with electric drive, located in mid-atlantic region, in case you want to hunt down the owner for a chat... Tom Baldwin

-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk McLoren kirkmcloren@yahoo.com [electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
To: electricboats <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Aug 5, 2014 10:43 pm
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Desiderata

Reasonable weight and volume limits leave you with lithium or NiMH. In the event of an accident lithium could sink the vessel so unless a possible retreat to a Zodiac is in your future you are left with NiMH.

On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 6:34 PM, "Bruce Wilder brucewild@gmail.com [electricboats]" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi Stuart, have you looked at http://www.torqeedo.com/us/. I gave them a serious look but it looked very expensive for an inboard with enough batteries

To get you somewhere. The break even point vs diesel is many, many years unless you are a commercial outfit.

The exceptions would be if you have money to burn and want to "one-up" your fellow yacht club members or you

Want to go electric just for the halibut.

Bruce

On Aug 4, 2014, at 3:17 AM, "Stuart Armstrong sydesiderata@yahoo.com [electricboats]" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hello All
I am new to this group and looking for help and advice
I have a classic Sailing Yacht details on my web site www.sydesiderata.com
and am looking to change to electric propulsion
I am not looking for a DIY instalation so looking for companies who can help
I need advice about which type of system would best suit Desiderata

Thanks
Stuart Armstrong
+34 619135390